iter_text() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the iter_text() function in _response.py from the anthropic-sdk-python codebase.

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  a32ecaef_7aaf_a87a_9c63_3378f9d5e5f5["iter_text()"]
  c5dafd2e_e591_b4ff_d0c8_67a1204aef83["APIResponse"]
  a32ecaef_7aaf_a87a_9c63_3378f9d5e5f5 -->|defined in| c5dafd2e_e591_b4ff_d0c8_67a1204aef83
  99ccd304_738a_e2fa_3366_ae7b827454c8["iter_text()"]
  99ccd304_738a_e2fa_3366_ae7b827454c8 -->|calls| a32ecaef_7aaf_a87a_9c63_3378f9d5e5f5
  0775cfe6_6b9b_c27e_1567_0d1d04dc7e74["iter_lines()"]
  0775cfe6_6b9b_c27e_1567_0d1d04dc7e74 -->|calls| a32ecaef_7aaf_a87a_9c63_3378f9d5e5f5
  4717afb4_191d_ba23_2887_060fe6e90bf4["iter_lines()"]
  4717afb4_191d_ba23_2887_060fe6e90bf4 -->|calls| a32ecaef_7aaf_a87a_9c63_3378f9d5e5f5
  99ccd304_738a_e2fa_3366_ae7b827454c8["iter_text()"]
  a32ecaef_7aaf_a87a_9c63_3378f9d5e5f5 -->|calls| 99ccd304_738a_e2fa_3366_ae7b827454c8
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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 393–399

    def iter_text(self, chunk_size: int | None = None) -> Iterator[str]:
        """A str-iterator over the decoded response content
        that handles both gzip, deflate, etc but also detects the content's
        string encoding.
        """
        for chunk in self.http_response.iter_text(chunk_size):
            yield chunk